Also Tonight: Music from Africa, 'Top Model' Finale

You may only know the film as the one that brought a brief Kanye West moment at the Oscars where the director was interrupted by the producer. But the film they were fighting to accept the Academy Award for best Documentary Short, "Music by Prudence" (HBO2, 8 p.m.) is what deserves the attention.

At its center is 21-year-old Prudence Mabhena, confined to a wheelchair, who sings with seven other disabled musicians in Zimbabe. Their music transcends their condition in a land where disabled babies are neglected or disowned because they're thought to be the results of witchcraft. It's the first of three films on Africa on HBO and HBO2 this month, including another one on the witch hunt of children on May 26.

It's a two hour finale for "America's Next Top Model" (The CW, 8 p.m.) in New Zealand, so there's four contestants still in it - Krista White, 24, of Arkansas;, Alexandra Underwood, 21, of Texas, tough Angelea Preston, 23, of Buffalo, and Raina Hein, 22 of Minnesota. First season judge Andre Leon Talley deigns to visit the girls before the final judging.

The network hasn't been exactly happy with the ratings of "Happy Town" (ABC, 10 p.m.). It attracted just 5.25 million with its debut April 28, and fell to 4.74 million last week. So after tonight's episode - just its third - it will be pulled from the schedule until after sweeps are over and burn off its remaining five episodes starting June 2.

Season finales come tonight for "Mercy" (NBC, 8 p.m.) and "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (CBS, 8 p.m.), which features a guest appearance from Eric McCormack.

Bon Jovi, Daughtry and Fantasia perform on "American Idol" (Fox, 9 p.m.) before another elimination reveals the final three.

The little known decision by Winston Churchill to seize French ships or destroy them, as a ploy to bring the U.S. into the war, is examined on a new "Secrets of the Dead" (CPTV, 8 p.m.).

Crazy: Everytime I watch the 1935 "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (TCM, 8 p.m.) it seems to get older. It kicks off another night of films featuring Donna Reed that includes "The Last Time I Saw Paris" (TCM, 10 p.m.), "Green Dolphin Street" (TCM, midnight), "The Man from Down Under" (TCM, 2:30 a.m.) and "Mokey" (TCM, 4:30 a.m.).

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Roger Catlin is TV critic for the Hartford Courant and writes a daily column about what's on television called TV Eye. He is also on the board of the Television Critics Association. Before all of this, he was rock critic ... read more